What do fish see, other than better stuff on the end of my line than on Os' line? jk I was talking to a friend tonight who recently read a book called "What Fish See". Because of the hot saltwater fishing going on his focus was on this author's claim that fresh saltwater fish see green spectrum colors best and react more to them. If true, no suprise then that so many do well with green color based hootchies and Coyote spoons, etc. He also said he read that when the fish enter fresh water that they then see and react better to reds, oranges, blacks, and sometimes blues. He didn't mention pink - but that is a lighter form of the red color spectrum. I have fish react to all of those colors, and the fish's reactions to different colors are usually most effected by fresh water color. But also watershed location and temps - and sometimes just the fish's moods. ...

As for that timely saltwater claim, I can't say that I disagree with it but I sure have caught a lot of fish on silver, black, white, red, and blue colors in the form of both bait and lures out in the ocean and saltwater bays. What color reaction differences have some of you experienced saltwater fishers had over the years, fishing for salmon? Thanks. - RT